Weekend Music Twofer

 

Jason Quever is the person behind (and in front) of the California indie band Papercuts, which we've featured in the past. He wrote and performed all the songs on the 2022 album "Past Life Regression," from which we offer the single "The Lodger" today.  Amy Marco provides backup vocals, but otherwise its all Quever.  The music has shades of the psychedelic folk-pop of groups like The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane and Echo & The Bunnymen.

Our second song is in recognition of what would have been the 81st (!) birthday today of the great Janis Joplin. It's a song from her breakthrough performance at the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, "Ball and Chain." The video is from D.A. Pennebaker's film "Monterey Pop," and is actually the second time Joplin and Big Brother and The Holding Company performed the song at the festival:

Big Brother's scheduled [Saturday] set was not filmed because of a disagreement. However, due to the huge reaction the band got, they were asked to return to play two songs on Sunday, to be filmed specifically for the movie.

Of course, the "huge reaction" was for Joplin's electrifying performance that catapulted her to stardom. Hope you enjoy.

Weekend Monterey Music Threefer

 

On June 16, 17, and 18, 1967, the Monterey International Pop Festival was held in Monterey, California. The festival not only kicked off 1967's "Summer of Love" and all the "flower power" vibes attending it, but also marked the emergence of several major stars all gone before their time, notably Janis Joplin (on the 17th), Otis Redding (also on the 17th), and Jimi Hendrix (on the 18th).  Here are their iconic performances of "Ball and Chain," "I've Been Loving You Too Long," and "Foxey Lady", respectively.  Hope you enjoy.

Weekend Kozmic Song

Seventy- five (!) years ago today, one of the greatest rock stars of her generation was born in Port Arthur, Texas.  Those clues should be enough to tell you we're talking about the late, great Janis Joplin, who died of a heroin overdose in 1970 at the age of 27, an enormous tragedy coming just a few weeks after the untimely death of Jimi Hendrix. Talk about cosmic blues ...